Equation - math word problems - page 34

  1. Infirmary
    osetrovna Two thirds of children from the infirmary went on a trip seventh went to bathe and 40 children remained in the gym. How many children were treated in the infirmary?
  2. Novak
    novakovci Novak needed to dig up three of the same pit in the garden. The first pit dug father alone for 15 hours. His second dig son helped him and it did that in six hours. The third pit dug son himself. How long it took him?
  3. Primes 2
    18-785s07 For what primes p,q,r is true: p2-(q+r)2=647
  4. Bags
    kufor The first bag has a weight of 18 kg, the second bag is a one-third lighter than the first and the third bag has three times less the weight of all three bags together. Determine their weights.
  5. Working together
    malovka_1 One painter paint the nursery in 10 days, the second in 8 days. How many days will the nursery be painted if they work together?
  6. Unknown number 6
    quarter Determine the unknown number, which is by 1.5 greater than its fourth.
  7. Stadium
    sphere_segment A domed stadium is in the shape of spherical segment with a base radius of 150 m. The dome must contain a volume of 3500000 m³. Determine the height of the dome at its centre to the nearest tenth of a meter.
  8. AP 6
    progression_ao Calculate the first five items of an arithmetic sequence if it is given: a2 – a3 + a5 = 20 a1 + a6 = 38
  9. Family
    family_5 Son is 3/5 smaller than the mother. Mother is 99 cm higher than the son. How tall is the mother?
  10. Equation
    serwisy_chemia_01 ?
  11. Angles in ratio
    angles_1 The size of the angles of the triangle are in ratio x: y = 7: 5 and the angle z is 42° lower than the angle y. Find size of the angles x, y, z.
  12. Four friends
    money_10 Four friends shared the money. Vasek got 1/4 of the total amount. Tonda received 1/3 of the rest of the money, Joe got a half from the second residue and Jirka left 80. How much money get together?
  13. Reciprocal equation
    img_reci_1 Determine the root of the equation: 9/x-7/x=1
  14. Linear function
    intersection_fn_1 What is the equation of linear function passing through points: a) A (0,3), B (3,0) b) A (-2,-6), B (3,4)
  15. Orchard
    tree_2 3/5 of the trees in the orchard are apples, 1/3 are cherries and the remaining five trees are pear. How many trees are in the orchard?
  16. Apples 5
    apples_7 In six crates are 45 kg of apples. In five crates were the same amounth and in one crate was 3 kg of apples more. How many kg of apples were in each crate?
  17. Potatoes 6
    zemiaky_5 The farmer brought potatoes to the market. In the first hour he sold two-fifths of the potatoes brought, in the second hour he sold five-sixth of the remaining potatoes, and in the third hour he had sold the last 40kg of potatoes. How many kg of potatoes d
  18. Equation with abs value
    abs_graph How many solutions has the equation ? in the real numbers?
  19. Remuneration
    cnb Total remuneration for workers is 47 000 CZK. The second worker received 20% more than the first and third 4000 CZK less than a second employee. How many CZK each received?
  20. Pets in ZOO
    chicken_3 The zoo have run for pets. They are chickens, pigs and cow. Altogether there has 20 heads and 60 feet. How many chickens and piglets are there?

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